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Philadelphia Flyers: Free Agency 2011

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Philadelphia Flyers: Free Agency 2011

  The shock: Has settled; time to jump right into things in Flyersland. All signs point to Philadelphia, once again, being active on the first day of unrestricted free agency, July 1. Let’s start this piece off with a disclaimer: Besides right here you won’t be reading the name Steven Stamkos or Brad Richards. As [...]

Flyers Announce Developmental Camp

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Flyers Announce Developmental Camp

The Philadelphia Flyers will hold a prospect development camp at The Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ from Wednesday, July 6 through Monday, July 11. The camp will offer fans a look at many Flyers of the future, including draft picks from the past few seasons, current Adirondack Phantoms players, and invited participants. [...]

Brad Richards open to signing with any NHL team?

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Brad Richards open to signing with any NHL team?

By: Todd Cordell Before I start my first article here at TheHockeyGuys, I would like to thank Dustin Leed for giving me this great opportunity. Brad Richards open to any team? There are rumors out there suggesting Brad Richards has his heart set on signing with the Rangers on July 1st. According to his agent [...]

An Idiot’s Guide to NHL Free Agency

An Idiot’s Guide to NHL Free Agency

Yesterday was an important day in the NHL, and it may have passed you by without you even knowing. It was RFA qualifying day, and it’s the biggest day in the offseason aside from free agency day (which begins 1 July at 12:00EST). But with the murky technicalities and legal jargon (“legalese”) of the Collective [...]

Culture Change

By Dustin Leed PHILADELPHIA, PA — Awe, anger, astound, confusion, dismay, displease, disturbance, double whammy, earthquake, electrify, excitement, eye-opener, flabbergast, impact, jarring, jolt, numb, stun, stupefy, trauma, upset… This a good place to start for Flyers and hockey fans alike. The fireworks weren’t supposed to get started until the Entry Draft began Friday night in [...]

Meet the New Guys

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Meet the New Guys

A lot has been mentioned of the return Philadelphia received for Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, but let’s take a closer look.  Here is what McKeen’s Hockey Pro Scouting Coordinator, Gus Katsaros, had to say about their recent additions. RW Jakub Voracek — Competitive, hard-working playmaker with excellent vision and creativity .. powerful stride and [...]

Transcript: GM Holmgren Speaks About Roster Shake-Up

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Transcript: GM Holmgren Speaks About Roster Shake-Up

Flyers GM Paul Holmgren spoke earlier this evening regarding the team’s recent roster shake-up. Forward Jeff Carter was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets for RW Jakub Voracek and Columbus’s first round (8th overall) and third round (68th overall) draft picks in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Soon afterward, it was announced that captain Mike [...]

Flyers 2011-12 Schedule Released

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Flyers 2011-12 Schedule Released

Big ups to Flyers PR for the info   The defending Atlantic Division champion Philadelphia Flyers will open their 45th season in the National Hockey League on Thursday, October 6 at Boston.  The home opener will take place on Wednesday, October 12 when the Flyers host the Vancouver Canucks at the Wells Fargo Center, and [...]

A Look at NHL Realignment, Eastern Conference

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A Look at NHL Realignment, Eastern Conference

The NHL Board of Governors votes today on the relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg. In all likelihood that measure will pass. That makes this second part of my NHL realignment plan pretty nicely timed. If you missed part one (which focused on the Western Conference), you can check it out here. There are [...]

Paul Speaks

Paul Speaks

Courtesy of Philadelphia Flyers PR… Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren Q: Can you walk us through the depth of this draft and the overall look at this draft and how it compares to others in the past? “I think this is a fairly decent draft. We had our end of the year scouting meetings, it [...]

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